Signature identification for documents



April 30, 1940. J. J. BRADY 2 1 8,802

I SIGNATURE IDENTIFICATION FOR DOCUMENTS Filed April 15, 1938 DATE .4m...

- DOLLARS INVENTOR. James JBraafy,

I 5110mm and impressed Patented Apr- 1940 present inuention,relates to bank checks and-papers of identification and other like documentspand has-forzitsobject the provisiomof meanswandw methodsmwherebyl the signatures of r individualsa' on' 11a check; as, payer, payee, or en'- dorser, .or'in any; other-important capacity; may,

betdoublyridentifiedrandsverified. Toi this endrawpapergnsuch as a check, or} the i likenlisprovidedwith spaces, :which arelo'cated w; adjacentzsthe signature spaces, or lines, whereby thezsignors of. suchapaper may impress, visibly, his finger :print orimark adjacent his signature. ;This

j feature isiadmittedlytold and well known inthis artiand is not claimeduherein, as amnovel feature. 15, Whatvisnewwis in the provision. of meanspon l thewdocumentaorl check itself, whereby the signor,

orkthe individualxsigning, witnessing or endorsing the 1 document will be provided with a suitable, convenient' me'ans;rprovided on the document it- 21) self, whereby he may coat the finger used for fingerprinteidentificati nliwithout having recourse tofotl'ierexternailsource witha fingertip impres-' si'on coating.of coloig-w M ponyhe associate signature 2.5;. spacesrthereby-m createa double identity means,

which includes a finger print of the executor of the document, as well as his signature.

The present invention, therefore, includes the provision, on a document, identification paper,

or deed or, check, theinclusion, of finger print spaces,llocated adjacent the signature lines, of a ncn-smudging, color finger whereby the party signing the document will find a convenient means; upon said document to color the desired section ofhis or her identifying finger prints, which arewtobe transferred and impressed in the spaces associated with the signature spaces to thusimpressjuponsaid document the true im- 1 pression of any finger of the signor of thedocumenu. I I M Thiskfeature provides means whereby a signer of; a document may find, conveniently located upon afdocument check, deed or other legal script, a means whereby hisor her identity may \bedoubly identified. For instance the signor of -,a check may adopt a systemof using. only the ,kthumbrprint of l the right hand on checks, and

may, in the signing of deeds, use the thumb of ,u the right hand, and in signing of other important,

for legal documents use other fingers, on either of the right or left hands, on predetermined classes of documents, such as contracts, bills of sale, and

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Jaliles r y, Jersey City, M115? 1938, we i 1.2 42 r ,7 C a m (Grass-7) a, double identification ich may be transferred impression spot,

.sufiiciently, by body who signs the document.

entirely at, the determination of the individual,

'I'heforegoingf and other features ofl advantage.

will be apprehended, as. the herein description proceeds, and it willbe obvious that some modifications maybe madein thehereindisclosed featimes, without departing from. the spirit hereof, orthe scope-ofthe appendedclaims. J

In the drawingaccompanying, Fig. his a front view of a document, in the present instance,1

rear'view ofthe check of;Fig. 1. M ,4 l The X check, as shown .in Fig. 1, front View; is printed in .the usual form and includes the bank shown as, a checkyzflnd Fig. 2 is the obverse or name, spaces for the sum-to be paid,an d the ,-line q is s a etha or- Adjacent-theline forsignatureof the payor is located a spaceB, outlined by a border line as shown, oriwithout, an outlined border, wherein maybeimpressed a fingerprint, which when asso ciatedwithgthe signatureof the payor constitutes a of the executor of a the document, oripayor..,;. u w a MOn the-faceof the document, Fig; 1, at H, or onwthe. obyerse-gside-"ofthe check, at G, Fig.x2, there is provided an associate color spot, printed on or otherwise arranged, upon the document, comprising a combination of a bonding material,

3 meltable at body heat, such asa.wax, or like material, which contains and bondscoloring matter,

such as lamp black, iron oxide, or similar coloring material, which when the finger of the signor of the document is pressed thereon, and is softened temperature, to, coat the whorls or loops of the signors finger and permits 3 the transfer of the colored finger tip impression to the space B, adjacent the signature line A,

Fig. 1.

There is no material difference, whether the finger coloring spots G or H are on either the frontor rear face of the document. The important feature is the provision of such finger coloring means impressed upon the document, available for instant use, by the executor ofthe document, for the purposes herein set forth.

A further improvement is ingthe provision of means for additional signatures and finger im-. prints spaces on the obverse surface of the document, as shown in Fig. 2, wherein finger print spaces C, D, E andFare shown located at the adjacent signature or endorser lines a, b, c and d. In these supplemental, endorsing, or witness lines, the signor may color his endorsing finger print by pressing upon the color spots GandH, and

then impressinghis or her endorsing finger print adjacent the associate signature lines. Thereafter, the 'signor signs the signature space associated with the finger impression receiving area.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:' i

1. A bank check provided on its front face with a place adapted to receive the signature of the payor; lines outlining a space adjacent to said place adapted to'receive a finger print; and a color spot larger than a finger print and comprising a mixture of a wax meltable at body heat, and

a coloring matter, which when a finger pressed.

thereon long enough to melt said material will adhere to the finger and may be transferre to the paper in said space.

2. A blank check provided on its back face with a plurality of places each adapted to receive the signature of an endorser; linesoutlining a space adjacent to each of said places adapted to'receiveafinger print; and acolor spot on said back separate from said spaces andlargerfthan a finger. print and comprising a mixture of a wax meltable at bodyheat, and acoloring matter, which when a finger pressed thereon long enough to'melt'said material will adhere to the finger and. may be transferred'to the paper in any of said spaces to form a finger print therein; said mixture being sufficient to supply coloring matter to provide prints for spaces.

3. A piece of paper provided on its face with a color spotlarger than a finger print and comprisinga mixture of a wax nielt'able at body heat,

each of said and a coloring matter, whichwhen a finger pressed thereon'long enough to melt said matethickness single, sheet of ments and having on one ger print in the space, I g

be adhered to different, fingers and. transferred -i ing thereon ing coloring matter whichwhen a finger is pressed thereon will melt and adhere to the finger and maybe transferred to the paper in said space to form a finger print in the space, whereby said matter may be adhered transferred and applied Without turning the paper over during the proc- I 'ess and without means separateor additional to the paper and without danger of loss, of or the expense of, such additionarme'ans; being non-transferable at ordinary-temperatures andexcept when melted. oa 5. A device consisting of a one-piece single paper free of attachly adapted to receive different signatures; plural means on said same face respectively designating finger print spaces respectively adjacent to said places; and a color spoton said same face additional to said spaces and comprising noncorrosive, moisture and light proof coloringmatsaid matter faceplaces respectiveter which when a finger is pressed thereon will;

finger and may be transsaid' space' t'o form a finwherebyi said matter I may melt and adhere to the ferred to the paperin and applied to said spaces resp'ectively without means additional to the p ing the paper overduringtheiprocess.'-

-6.:A device consisting of a sheet'of paper hav-t ing on oneface a place adapted to receive a signature; means on'said samefface'idesignatingl afinger print-space adjacent to said place; and a color'spot on'said'same'face, additional tov said space and comprising coloring matter which'when a finger pressed thereonrwill' melt and -adhere to the finger andmay be transferred vto the paper aper' and without turn-f in said space to forma finger print'in the space.

'7. A device, consisting of a sheet of paper hav-' a finger p'rint' space; anda color face additional to. saidispace and finger spot on said comprising coloring matter Which When'a is pressed thereon f-will melt :and; adhere to the finger and may be transferred tothefpaper in said space toiorm a finger print in: the space.

I" JAMESJ. BRADY, 

